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scott. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about and concerned about today. the winter weather advisory in effect for this city and the surrounding area as a winter system is approaching from the west. this video show this morning in blacksburg, virginia, where snow is falling as it is along the border with west virginia. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage for you, marty bass and bernadette woods standing by. good afternoon bernadette. >> good afternoon, don and everybody out there. first warning weather this storm is making its way into maryland. you can see signs already moving into baltimore county. this is the leading edge and taking time for some places for it to make it to the ground but that is going to change in the next half-hour to hour. flurries possible mixed with rain showers because temperatures are above freezing. in frederick light snow. west this is falling in the form of light snow.

temperatures a huge part of this storm system here because look at everyone. pretty much above freezing from haggerstown eastward. baltimore 33 but the dew point is 27. what happens when the storms to fall is that dew point is will come up. the temperature is coming down and it will stay in snow for us north and west of the city, south and east is too warm to overcompensate so a lot of this is in the form of rain. for a more details version we send it out to marty. >> thank you. good afternoon. let's go right to our watch, warning and advisory graphic. we are under an advisory for the northern tier counties with the exception of cecil -- i know cecil is considered northern tier, so you are not involved being a northern tier county but we have to extend southwest of the metro grid

into howard and montgomery county, that is your winter weather advisory. let's show you a graphic that tells the story of why certain counties are lit up and others are not. 1 to three inches northwest of the metro grid primarily on grassy surfaces, some slushy and slick spots on untreated roads, coating to an inch primarily on grassy surfaces. south and east a rain mix with slight bit of snow. it certainly is not snow snow snowmageddon but certainly to watch. back inside. >> live coverage continues with

weijia jiang and how road crews are preparing. >> reporter: good afternoon to everybody. transportation planners across the state are bracing for winter to finally reveal its true colors and say this could make for a disaster on the roads especially during this evening's rush hour. maryland roads are ready for what could be a nasty round of winter weather. whether they have avoided to far. >> don't be fueled fooled by mother nature. >> that is the warning they gave. they say a serious traffic jam could be in the forecast. the quick moving storm could peak during rush hour. >> you might get stuck and there is congestion all around you which means we can cannot treat the roadways. >> they point to last year as the worse case scenario. some were trapped for more than

8 hours in their cars. people didn't have a plan. with some time left to prep today they say don't waste it. >> a lot of folks go out with tread that is barely a tread on there and not able to get up hills and that causes congestion and causes dangerous conditions. >> a big change from the mild conditions we have seen in 2012 with only 1.3 inches of snow so far. last season 14.4 inches fell and before that it was 77. 77, that of course is what we now call snowmageddon and even though we are not supposed to get near that officials urge you to get your cars winter ready. live in baltimore county, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> you and i remember that storm very well. thank you. please stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage of the winter weather headed this way. we will bring you complete coverage today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> jury selection should wrap

up today in the trial of judge hugley, the lacrosse player charged with killing yardly love. adam may is live there. good afternoon. >> reporter: don, just stepped out of the courtroom. jury selection has wrapped up. they were sworn in, opening statements began an hour ago. of all the court cases i have covered these are some of the most emotional open statements i have ever heard. prosecutors laying out their case against george hugley, on trial in the murder of her. she was on her bed face down on the pillow, had a comforter pulled up over her and very visible ugly injuries to her right eye. they say she may have been alive up to two hours after she was beaten by george hugley and

the prosecutors are saying basically right away hugley bake became a suspect because a roommate discussed with police recessship problems they were having and a key piece of evidence has been introduced here. it is an e-mail exchange between hugley and love just two days before the murder and in that e-mail prosecutors say george hugley wrote, a week ago you said you would get back together with me if i stopped getting so drunk. the e-mail went on to discuss some of their sexual problems they were having in their relationship and then george hugley ended that e-mail by saying, i should have killed you. prosecutors are contending this was a premeditated murder and going for a first degree conviction and hoping george hugley will be sentenced to life in prison. the defense should present their side of the case and opening statements later on. back to you on television hill. >> stay with us for complete

coverage of this murder trial. we will continue to bring you the latest on air and on-line at wjz.com. >> closer to home now jury selection could begin today in the trial of the man behind those 2010 election night robo calls. first the judge will hear motions related to the case, julius henson is charged with an illegal attempt at voter suppression suggesting the governor and president had won before the polls closed. he was working on behalf of the campaign of bob urlich. >> we are also following a developing story out of the new york state courthouse, where a man has opened fire into a courtroom. police in middletown new york, northeast of peeksskill say a man ran up to the court around 9:00 this morning with a shotgun and got off one shot at the entrance when he was shot and wounded by an officerth court. he has been taken to the hospital. no other injuries have been reported, the investigation continues. >> rick santorum is back, he

won all three gop contests last night and has slowed mitt romney's momentum. susan mcginness reports for wjz now from washington. >> reporter: rick santorum is sending a jolt through the republican presidential race after a stunning three state sweep. >> conservatism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota. >> reporter: the former pennsylvania senator also won in colorado, where mitt romney was favored. santorum's hat trick exposes romney's problems winning over conservative voters, but the former governor remains confident. he still has the most money and a big lead in delegates already awarded. >> i want to congratulation senator santorum. wish him the best, we will keep campaigning but i expect to become our nominee with your help. >> santorum's turn around could hurt newt gingrich the most. he has been campaigning as the conservative alternative to romney. he stayed out of sight last

night and is focusing on super tuesday states. he is in ohio for the second day in a row. ron paul was pleased with his showing tuesday. the texas congressman finished second in minnesota but is the only candidate still left in the race without one caucus or primary win. in washington, susan mcginness, wjz eyewitness news. >> rick santorum will need money to stay competitive. he stays the last two weeks his campaign has had its best fund- raising so far. last night he received more than a quarter million dollars in on-line donations. >> the archdiocese is fighting back against new federal rules requiring it to provide control. the cardinal will not follow the directive because it goes against the church's beliefs and teachings. he says he would rather not

provide healthcare at all. the administration has given all organizations including churches a year to comply. >> sad news to tell you about, former mayor dennis callahan has passed away. he passed away of a heart attack. he was 70 years old. he is survived by his wife, two sons and several grandchildren. >> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, truly a shocking beating caught on tape. now police say neighbors have had enough. details coming up. >> a parent's nightmare, a terrifying scene caught on tape. we will tell you what happened and where. >> and a winter weather system is heading our way. meteorologist bernadette woods will have more in the forecast coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass and ,,,,

a new twist in the tragic murder-suicide that claimed the lives of two young boys in washington state. now police are releasing 911 tapes. >> there is two little boys in the house and they are 5 and 7 and there is an adult man, he has supervised visitation and he blew up the house and the kids. >> a social worker made that

call for help while accompanying those boys on a visit to josh powell, a long time suspect in the disappearance of his wife. he sent multipell e-mails. >> a call for justice after a man is attacked and the attackers captured it on their cell phones and uploaded it on the internet. he appears to be targeted because he is gay. it has outraged the local community and people are calling in with tips but no arrests have been made. >> shocking video out a train station as a mother looks away her baby's stroller rolls across the platform and falls right on to the tracks. the carriage rolls right by another passenger distracted with a mobile device. the woman jumps down on to the tracks before the next train arrived, fortunately that baby was just fine. >> take another live look outside as we all wait for rain

and snow to appear around here. your updated first warning weather forecast now just two and a half minutes away. >> first here is a look at today's midday stocks and last night's winning megamillions numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

now weather, the complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather.

>> welcome back, everybody. well, the storm has now made its way into maryland, let's go to first warning weather doppler radar and show you what we are seeing. i am going to show this to you because the first part is not making it to the ground yet but the darker colors more of it is making it to the ground and north and west of the city is this snow. so back into the mountains. we will switch it over and show you it is not snow for everybody. when we put it in motion you see we have those clouds come in last night but on the southern side of this it is warm enough this is in the form of rain and in the middle there sort of a mix of rain and snow. overall we do have winter weather advisories in effect for the areas. you will see accumulation, these are some of the numbers. for most of us in the metro area a slushy getting to an inch is possible, north of the city and west of the city one to three inches is possible. most of this is going to be on the grass, on the cars, on the

trees. because the ground has been so warm lately. now when the sun sets there is that chance it would make for a messy evening commute and some of it will lay on the ground but a lot will melt on the roadways. another thing going on, too, we will switch it back over and show you, temperatures, since it is 39, a lot of is that is going to melt. south in the 40s, this is rain, north and west more accumulation in the mountains where it is already 30. the winds have turned northeast and that is going to bring colder air enough for it to be in the form of snow. here is a break down, a messy evening commute because that is when the bulk will move through. small accumulation is possible mainy on the trees and grass. during those overnight hours slush could freeze and we could see icy patches because we are going below freezing during the overnight hours. here that is storm, it comes

in. it gets out of here tomorrow. sunshine returns and temperatures warm up so there is good melting tomorrow afternoon. here is the tomorrow behind it. another storm, chance for rain with snow showers, then that will get out of here over the weekend with colder air to follow. we will deal with this first. 40 for our high today, small accumulation this evening. this ends overnight. then we go below freezing so tomorrow morning could be dicey, 46 tomorrow, 50 on friday. your 5 day coming up. >> wjz is always on for you, here are some of the stories we are medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay...

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starting tomorrow and through the weekend calm, but i think moving into the middle of this month other than today living pretty big. let's throw it back inside. >> i like these little visits of winter. don't stay long. >> have a wonderful day. we will see you later. ,,,,,,,,,